All articles by Monidipa Fouzder – Page 152
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NewsUnion threatens industrial action over HMCTS job cuts
HM Courts & Tribunals Service says it will slash National Compliance and Enforcement Service staff by 60% over the next two years.
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NewsNational Pro Bono Week: legal chiefs thank profession for 'life-changing' help
Law Society president Joe Egan praises lawyers' public service ethos.
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NewsGet to grips with GDPR rules, in-house lawyers told
Regulations will come into force in May next year.
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NewsLook to Scotland for community sentencing benefits - thinktank
Centre for Justice Innovation says reoffending rates are at an 18-year low across the border.
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News'Conveyancing factories' with inexperienced juniors can delay transactions
Law firm chief executive calls for greater transparency to improve home buying process.
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NewsDeprivation of liberty safeguards scheme 'increasingly unsustainable'
Government's interim response appears to support Law Commission's call to replace 'carousel-like process'.
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NewsMoJ to fix prisoner voting rights 'anomaly'
Lord chancellor says changes address points raised in 2005 Hirst judgment against total ban.
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NewsCourt service centres will deliver 'better bang for the taxpayers' buck'
Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent sites will handle phone and web enquiries for criminal, civil, family and tribunal cases.
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News'Significant cultural shift' required to encourage more solicitor judges
House of Lords constitution committee says progress to increase judicial diversity has been slow.
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NewsGrant bereaved families legal aid for inquest, Hillsborough adviser urges
The Right Revered James Jones says public bodies should stop spending limitless sums for their own representation.
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NewsHigh Court dismisses seven-year legal aid contract fight
Mr Justice Coulson says case is an example of how not to conduct a public procurement challenge.
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NewsMunby urges rethink on child prosecutions
President of the family division says too many Whitehall departments involved in children's welfare.
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NewsWhite men dominate law firm partnerships - SRA research
Regulator says diversity could help to improve access to legal services.
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NewsLack of inquest legal aid for bereaved families a 'false economy'
Government will review existing guidance following independent review of deaths in police custody.
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NewsMoJ: tell us what you think of LASPO reforms
Ministry of Justice outlines details of long-awaited legal aid review.
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NewsCouples lie about adultery to speed up divorce proceedings
Family lawyers say Nuffield Foundation study supports need to introduce no-fault divorce provision.
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NewsEmployers should 'ban the box' over records disclosure, say MPs
Justice select committee says current criminal records disclosure system hampers rehabilitation.
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NewsNews focus: Conveyancing process faces brick wall
As research shows estate agents eclipsing solicitors in the popularity stakes, the government aims to address the bête noire of homebuying – the lengthy conveyancing process.